Birmingham

Commissioners appointed to oversee Birmingham city council as debt crisis puts museums in firing line

The group, brought in by UK housing secretary Michael Gove, will oversee the council's accounts following the announcement earlier in September that it was facing serious financial difficulties

As the Commonwealth Games open, Birmingham’s museum sector contends with the legacy of colonialism

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is pursuing a project of mass participation in an attempt to fully involve the city’s many communities in the future of the museum

Hew Locke reimagines Birmingham's controversial Queen Victoria statue for an anti-imperialist age

A number of artists—including Amy Ching-Yan Lam and Rajni Perera—have created work that challenges the city's colonial legacy as it gears up to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games

That’s a wrap: artist Osman Yousefzada envelops Selfridges department store in a giant canvas

Art trail in Birmingham shop also explores migration and identity—but will visitors notice?

Visions of Love and Life: Pre-Raphaelites light up the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

This year appears to be the year of the Pre-Raphaelite, with yet another major show on the way

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First exhibition of pre-Raphaelite sculpture

The response to the first critical study of this subject has been enthusiastic